Tuesday, February 28, 2012

South Carolina is No. 1 State for Auto Exports

Following up on this recent CD post about BMW exporting 70% of its U.S.-made vehicles at its South Carolina plant, comes this report:

"South Carolina reclaimed its lead as the No. 1 exporter of vehicles in 2011, outranking Michigan, and became the top exporter in the nation of tires, officials said Tuesday. Exports from the state jumped 21.4 percent in 2011 compared to the previous year.

Automobile exports from South Carolina jumped 52 percent in 2011, surpassing Michigan for the No. 1 spot among automobile exporters. South Carolina previously ranked first in auto exports in 2009, based on the export of BMW automobiles from the German automaker’s Upstate manufacturing plant."

As ocean carriers seek economies of scale in their operations, the ability to work ships too large to transit the current Panama Canal is a key factor. With the deepest water in the Southeast, the Port of Charleston is one of only three East Coast ports able to work fully-loaded post-Panamax ships without tidal restrictions. Charleston routinely works 6,700teu ships and has worked vessels of up to 8,000teu. -- Port Charleston

Port Charleston requires periodic dredging, but the Obama administration has been putting off a decision to deepen the port and holding back funding to the Army Corps of Engineers putting export and job growth in jeopardy.

It's understandable, Obama has a lot of cronies to feed at companies like Solyndra and there is only so much of "other peoples money" to go around. At least until the rich start paying their "fair share".

But isn't this raising the price of the cars we drive. Aren't these greedy car companies producing cars then exporting them which reduces supply in the U.S. thus raising our prices? This is what the Obama administration tells me about gas prices.

Junkyard: "But isn't this raising the price of the cars we drive. Aren't these greedy car companies producing cars then exporting them which reduces supply in the U.S. thus raising our prices? This is what the Obama administration tells me about gas prices."

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